Monotype I — Fine Art

Monotype I - 1981 holds painted colour against a thin ground, with broad washes spread across the sheet. Helen Frankenthaler worked with soaked paint edges, and the image reads as warm colour on a pale field. The marks stay open and the edges stay soft.

The fine art print goes straight onto a nail. The white frame gives the picture a clear edge on the wall, and the dark wood frame pushes the painted colour forward. Both finishes keep the painted colour separate from the room around it.

In a quiet study the painted colour reads plainly against the wall, and the frame edge separates the sheet from the shelf below. From the desk you see the soft colour edges and the open field.